Our Third Annual Walk for Celiac Disease
Research will open officially at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, on the University
of Arizona’s mall in front of the administration building in Tucson.

If you have not registered already,
please use the registration form in this newsletter to sign up now. Registration
in advance is $20, while Walk day registration is $25. Registration covers event
expenses such as the CD-Walk polo shirt with GF logo.

Some of us will be on the mall as early
as 6 a.m. to set up and direct parking. We encourage all our members and
friends to arrive by 7 a.m. so they can help too, and we all get to enjoy
the festivities that will precede step-off at 8:30 a.m. sharp.

Some of the highlights of the event
include “The World’s Longest Gluten-Free Buffet,” greetings and proclamations
from dignitaries, three hours of up-beat deejay background selections,
professionally-led warm-up routines, a silent-auction of amazing goods,
outstanding raffle prizes, excitement, a good walk, and friendly conversation.

A party environment predominates at the
annual CD Walk, even though our purpose is serious. Funds raised through the
event are earmarked for CD research at the University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore, and SACS operating expenses. SACS is an all-volunteer,
non-profit organization.

We are grateful for the incredible GF
foods, auction goods, raffle prizes and cash gifts from friends, sponsors and
supporters of SACS. Please patronize our sponsors and supporters.

Silent auction items include:

(Please see
Bid Page

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Use inserts
for registration and pledges

The
inserts in this newsletter bear registration and pledge forms for the Third
Annual CD Walk on April 24. Please make as many copies as you think you will
need.

Fill
out the registration form and mail it back with your $20 registration fee. Then
fill out your portion of the pledge form and begin recording donation promises
from everyone you know.

It
pays to register early because registration on CD Walk day is $25. Children less
than 10 years old and dogs walk free. Registrants receive a Celiac awareness
shirt and get to enjoy the “World’s Longest Gluten-Free Buffet.” The buffet will
be set up near the step-off point on the University of Arizona Mall in front of
the administration building. Plan to be there before 8 a.m.

SACS’
leg of the Third Annual International Walk for Celiac Disease is the first in a
series of CD Walks that will be taking place world-wide through May.

Registration packets also can be downloaded from our website at www. Southern
ArizonaCeliacSupport.org or obtained by phoning or emailing Colleen Beaman, Walk
chairperson, at 743-7979, ckbeaman@hotmail.com.

The
Gluten-Free Dining Club gave Jonathan's Cork, 6320 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson,
kudos for caring service and really good food, which they sampled on March 17.

The GF Diners
learned that Jonathan's Cork already was familiar with gluten-free requirements
and other food sensitivities. Management promised uncontaminated pans and a
safe, delicious meal - and delivered.

Filling in for
Karen Keating, who is GF Dining Club chairperson, Kathleen Fridye reported that
her group ate grilled salmon steak with sides of baked potatoes and steamed
vegetables. Fresh fruit was offered for desert

Not appearing
at all were croutons in salads and baskets of bread. A non-celiac in the group
had to ask for bread, Kathleen remarked.

The next GF
Dining Club event will be held 6:30 p.m. April 21 at the Bluepoint Kitchen &
Bar, 2905 E. Skyline Drive in La Encantada Plaza at North Campbell Avenue,
Tucson.

Please make
reservations with Karen by April 16 at 885-4828, or email her at, kkeating111@
hotmail.com. The GF Dining Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the
month.

Leave symptom
cards with your Dr.

Planning a
visit to your primary care physician or your gastro specialist? Don’t leave home
without a stack of symptom cards your doctor can hand out to other likely Celiac
patients.

The cards, in
addition to symptoms, provide SACS contact information. Get in touch with
Shirley Curtis before your appointment. Reach Shirley via our website (Southern
ArizonaCeliacSupport.org) She will mail the cards to you immediately.

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Bid on auction
items at Celiac Walk

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♥ A quilt handmade by Jill Rouw,
membership chairperson. The quilt, made from past Celiac T-shirts, measures
60”x70” and is valued at $100.

♥ An original Suddenly Susan script, autographed by the entire cast and donated by Michael Kelly,
now associated with the George Lopez show. It is valued at $350.

Bill Eyl,
Celiac Sprue Association/USA, Inc., Region VI director, made a compelling case
March 14 when he told about 50 people at SACS’ annual “Pot Luck” meeting, that
they should join CSA/USA, Inc. Membership in national CSA/USA is set at $33 for
the first year with renewals at $25.

Growth in
CSA/USA membership, he explained, improves Celiac lifestyles by adding weight to
the already hefty national group when it comes to providing information, getting
funding for research and pressuring for legislation.

Mr. Eyl (as
in aisle) and his wife, Lorraine, spent a few days enjoying Tucson prior
to joining Chapter 15 SACS members for the Pot Luck buffet at Reid Park. Mr. and
Mrs. Eyl came from Berthoud, CO, bearing manufacturers’ gluten-free samples and
brochures, which they shared with SACS members.

SACS members,
on the other hand, shared their favorite foods with the Eyls and each other.
Some of the dishes included a Mexican-style casserole, a lasagna, a cold shrimp
and beans dish, a sesame seed bundt cake, brownies, and lots of other GF
goodies.

Mr. Eyl took
to the podium after dinner and noted that Celiac Sprue Association/USA is the
largest national Celiac support organization with 9,000 members.

“There is
strength in numbers,” he said, adding that the food-labeling bill is before the
U.S. Senate, having already passed in the U.S. House. Passage of the bill in the
Senate would require food labels that make it easier for Celiacs to avoid
gluten,

Mr. Eyl noted
that CSA/USA’s updated website, www. csaceliacs.org, provides a link to the
legislation. He urged SACS members to remind their Senators how much we need the
bill to pass. Mr. Eyl also said CSA/USA executives planned to go to Ireland to
help with work for international gluten labeling standards. Ireland is home to
many Celiacs.

Mr. Eyl
pointed out that CSA/USA also provides an information lifeline to Celiacs
isolated in communities without local support groups.

Noticing
several children attending the event, Mr. Eyl said both Camp Celiac for 7
through 16-year-olds and Cel-Kids Network are growing. Phone 732-679-6566 for
Cel-Kids, and 508-399-6227 for Camp Celiac.

Mr. Eyl knows
about being a Celiac kid. Born in 1941, he was a “banana baby”--an infant kept
alive on bananas, pot cheese and rice. He was diagnosed again in 1964 and
survived for years on foods recommended in an old Canadian recipe book. He
continues to work as a volunteer for a better, gluten-free tomorrow.
All we have to do
is join.

Jeannine
Faidley, SACS president, prepared this delicious casserole for the potluck in
March.

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SACS seeks
volunteer workers for CD Walk

SACS seeks
volunteer workers for CD Walk

Although many SACS members and friends
already have signed on to help April 24 during SACS’ Third Annual Walk for
Celiac Disease Research, there still are a few jobs that need filling.

Positions that have gone unfilled
include: parking lot attendants, coffee makers, food table attendants, an
auctioneer for the silent auction, raffle salespersons, and calligraphers to
inscribe names on community service certificates.

To volunteer, phone Colleen Beaman, Walk
chairperson, at 743-7979, or send an email to ckbeaman@hotmail.com.

Since registration on the mall in front
of the University of Arizona administration building will begin at 8 a.m., with
a walk warm-up at 8:30 a.m., most volunteers need to arrive by 7:00 a.m. or
earlier if possible.